Game does not start. Please read

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Game does not start. Please readJunior11/09/2008 - 00:27

First off fun game. I hope you guys def get somewhere with it. Although ive spent about an hour going through your support threads and it's like 2/10 threads you guys respond to. Lets hope this is one of them =]

So I had an issue where my monitor went out of range whenever the game loaded. But the Resolution was very low. I changed it several times and still went out. I then just hit alt+enter and played in windows mode.

Now I have a bigger issue. When I go to play WoG now I click on the exe and the game doesn't load at all. No screen, But I do see a box pop up(Kinda like when you have an application open) and sometimes it looks like the game pops up briefly and disappears.

Any advice on getting WoG back up and running would help a lot.

Best of luck to 2d boy.

Edit - This is the error I get.

Exception: Access Violation (code 0xc0000005) at address 004B19B7 in thread 818

Module: WorldOfGoo.exe

Logical Address: 0001:000B09B7



0012F230 004B19B7 0001:000B09B7 WorldOfGoo.exe

Params: 000D029E 00000007 00000000 00000000



0012F25C 7E418734 GetDC+6D

Params: 004A8660 000D029E 00000007 00000000



0012F2C4 7E418816 GetDC+14F

Params: 00000000 004A8660 000D029E 00000007



0012F2F4 7E42A013 IsWindowUnicode+A1

Params: FFFF028B 000D029E 00000007 00000000



0012F314 7E42A998 CallWindowProcA+1B

Params: FFFF028B 000D029E 00000007 00000000



0012F33C 4FDF6407 CheckFullscreen+657

Params: FFFF028B 00000007 00000000 00000000



0012F368 7E418734 GetDC+6D

Params: 4FDF6040 000D029E 00000007 00000000



0012F3D0 7E418816 GetDC+14F

Params: 00000000 4FDF6040 000D029E 00000007



0012F424 7E428EA0 DefWindowProcW+180

Params: 00CBB628 00000007 00000000 00000000



0012F44C 7E428EEC DefWindowProcW+1CC

Params: 0012F45C 00000018 00CBB628 00000007



0012F4C4 7C90E453 KiUserCallbackDispatcher+13

Params: 000D029E 00000006 00000001 00000000



0012F4E0 7E428DD9 DefWindowProcW+B9

Params: 000D029E 00000006 00000001 00000000



0012F528 7E428D77 DefWindowProcW+57

Params: 000D029E 00000006 00000001 00000000



0012F590 004A9099 0001:000A8099 WorldOfGoo.exe

Params: 000D029E 00000006 00000001 00000000



0012F5BC 7E418734 GetDC+6D

Params: 004A8660 000D029E 00000006 00000001



0012F624 7E418816 GetDC+14F

Params: 00000000 004A8660 000D029E 00000006



0012F654 7E42A013 IsWindowUnicode+A1

Params: FFFF028B 000D029E 00000006 00000001



0012F674 7E42A998 CallWindowProcA+1B

Params: FFFF028B 000D029E 00000006 00000001



0012F69C 4FDF6407 CheckFullscreen+657

Params: FFFF028B 00000006 00000001 00000000



0012F6C8 7E418734 GetDC+6D

Params: 4FDF6040 000D029E 00000006 00000001



0012F730 7E418816 GetDC+14F

Params: 00000000 4FDF6040 000D029E 00000006



0012F784 7E428EA0 DefWindowProcW+180

Params: 00CBB628 00000006 00000001 00000000



0012F7AC 7E428EEC DefWindowProcW+1CC

Params: 0012F7BC 00000018 00CBB628 00000006



0012F7E4 7C90E453 KiUserCallbackDispatcher+13

Params: 000D029E 00173700 0017377C 00000000



0012F804 4FE08936 DebugSetLevel+D906

Params: 011A5104 00172190 001703A0 0012F870



0012F8D8 4FE09E53 DebugSetLevel+EE23

Params: 011A5104 0012FA3C 4FE125A5 011A5104



0012F8E4 4FE0A425 DebugSetLevel+F3F5

Params: 011A5104 0012F928 00000001 001703A0



0012FA3C 4FE125A5 DebugSetLevel+17575

Params: 00000001 0012FA78 0012FAA8 00000001



0012FB08 4FE51A49 Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9+22099

Params: 001669A0 00000000 00000001 000D029E





EAX:005E2868 EBX:000D029E ECX:00000000 EDX:004B19B0 ESI:00618C48 EDI:00000007

EIP:004B19B7 ESP:0012F18C  EBP:0012F230

CS:001B SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000

Flags:00210246



Windows Ver: NT 5.1 Service Pack 3 Build 2600


Last modified Sun, 11/09/2008 - 00:36 by Junior
Re: Game does not start. Please readJunior11/09/2008 - 00:54

I know someone can help me.

Re: Game does not start. Please readJunior11/09/2008 - 10:57

Bump

Re: Game does not start. Please readJunior11/09/2008 - 20:47

Bump

Re: Game does not start. Please readkyle11/09/2008 - 22:41

Hey Junior, a few things to try:


    [li]-Make sure you are running the latest version. Just download the game again, and install over your existing version.
    [/li]
    [li]-Disable any antivirus/firewall/antianything software. Some require actually uninstalling them, since they install driver-level crap that just slows down and ruins your computer.
    [/li]
    [li]-If you have multiple monitors, try disabling all but your primary.
    [/li]
    [li]-If all else fails, try either deleting or renaming your pers2.dat file (just search for it). It's possible it has become corrupted.
    [/li]

Post here if any of these help, or if you discover something new!


Last modified Sun, 11/09/2008 - 22:43 by kyle
Re: Game does not start. Please readhotblack11/10/2008 - 06:33

A long shot here, but I wonder if there's a compatibility issue with the Language settings of the Windows installation? Junior, what language is Windows set to and have you tried changing this?

Re: Game does not start. Please readJunior11/10/2008 - 15:50

No fire wall at all.

And language is set to english.

I deleted everything from WoG and reinstall and it works fine. BUt I have to play in Alt+enter(Windowed) and I cant figure out exactly why. Every driver is up to date though.

Re: Game does not start. Please readfredypoup11/12/2008 - 22:45

FYI, same problem on MAC:
http://2dboy.com/forum/index.php?topic=768.msg5732#msg5732

thanks

Re: Game does not start. Please readzavion12/17/2008 - 12:08

Just an addtion to This.

I am running Windows XP with the latest patches and Drivers with just a single monitor.

I get the same issue (Input Signal out of range)when I run wog with a default 17" Think Vision monitor set at 1020x768.  then I tried setting up a monitor from another computer, a 22" Dell.  set at 1280X1024 Everything worked fine after that.

Could there be an issue with the 1024X768 Resolution?

Re: Game does not start. Please readMarkDown12/17/2008 - 16:05

I had the same problem - freshly installed XP with all the patches, but WoG failed to load and crash.txt told me of an access denied error.  :'(
None of the suggestions above helped, but then I realised that I hadn't installed the drivers for my motherboard's audio. ::) Once I did this, it all worked. ;D

PS I did also remove Bitdefender. But I've now reinstalled it without stopping WoG.

Re: Game does not start. Please readzavion12/17/2008 - 16:41

Another addition,

If I start wog in widowed mode it runds.  Then I can change it to full screen and it still seems to work. 

Re: Game does not start. Please readdtws02/22/2010 - 22:02

another solution to the multiple monitor scenario: running 64-bit win7, i set the WoG shortcuts to run with the program minimized. (right-click, properties, etc). both of my monitors blink for a bit, then the game opens up fullscreen on the primary monitor. no idea how, but it seems to work.